CO129-575-1 Vacancies for two health officers in the Medical Department 8-3-1939 - 27-11-1939 — Page 17

1.

PARTICULARS OF THE OFFICE OF HEALTH OFFICERS

NOW VACANT IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG.

I ies of office, and qualifications required for their performance.

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The officer will be required to perform the duties of a Health Officer or Medical Officer as occasion demands. He should be fully qualified In Kedicine, Surgery and Midwifery and possess a Diploma in Public Health or the Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The candidate should not be over 35 years of age.

2.

Language qualification

required.

3.

Salary

Nil.

(see also under 4).

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Mevised

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£880 to £940 per annum by annual increments of £30, then £1,000 to £1,250 by annual increments of £50 plus a residential allowance calculated at the rate of 20% of basic salary in excess of £500 but not exceeding a maximum of £100 and subject to reduction by 40% of the amount by which basic Salary exceeds £1,000.

4.

5.

Conversion of salary into local currency and contribution to Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Scheme.

Allowances, quarters and other circumstances affecting the value of the office.

Salaries are converted for payment in local currency at a rate fixed from time to time by Government. They are at present paid at the rate of 1/3d. to $1 so long as the Treasury rate of the dollar based on the average monthly rate of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank remains at below that rate. A deduction of % from salary is made as contribution to the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Scheme.

or

If Government quarters are provided the officer will be charged 12% of his basic salary for unfurnished or 13% for furnished quarters. If no quarters are available and if the officer rents a separate tenement, a rent allowance may be paid in accordance with General Orders.

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Nature, number and amount of securities required and mode

of giving them.

7. Passage.

None.

8.

Period of engage- ment.

9. Prospects of further

employment.

First Class Passage will be provided in accordance with Colonial Regulation No. 81.

Three years, all of which will be probationary.

Although it must clearly be understood that the Government is and will be under no obligation to provide further employment, the office or Health Officer is normally regarded as of a permanent nature, and in the ordinary course of